Educators, students, and nurses will love this portable, quick, and indispensable scrub-pocket-sized tool. Focusing on clinical "need-to-know" information -- how to calculate common medication formulas, signs of child abuse, the normal ranges of vital signs -- from the simply "nice-to-know", LPN Notes combines commonly used, but rarely memorized, clinical information with reusable patient assessment tools and worksheets. And it does it all in a colorful, waterproof, and reusable format. (Ballpoint ink wipes off with alcohol.) Students can refer to LPN Notes time and again for the delivery of safe and efficient nursing care. KEY FEATURES ·        Collection of commonly used but rarely memorized clinical information, such as charts, graphs, formulas, conversions, and lab values -- all necessary to deliver safe and efficient nursing care ·        Quick reference for home care visits as well as hospital work ·        Pages are waterproof and reusable ·        Student can write directly on pages, temporarily recording clinical data that can be wiped clean with alcohol and used again ·        Portable enough to fit into scrub pocket ·        Post-it page option allows students to insert 3 x 5 post-it notes ·        Eight sections cover: ·        BASICS -- formulas and conversion tables; updated NANDA diagnoses ·        LABS -- common lab values ·        ASSESS -- assessment charts and tables such as Vital Signs, Pain Assessment ·        OB/PEDS -- pregnancy terms, fetal development timetable, complications of pregnancy, fetal monitoring, APGAR Score ·        GERI -- covers polypharmacy, skin integrity and pressure ulcers, falls, nutrition, including management of feeding tubes, depression and delirium, urinary tract infections, and respiratory tract infections ·        EMERG -- ACLS Guidelines, Rule of Nines, Signs and Symptoms of Shock, Glasgow Coma Scale, Stages of Cancer, Aldrete Score ·        MEDS/IV -- commonly prescribed drugs, emergency drugs, medication administration ·        TOOLS -- frequently used phone numbers, schedule planner, symbols, abbreviations, terminology, English/Spanish translator ·        Specialized Assessments in mental health, gerontology, and pediatrics ·        Meds contains 100 of the most commonly encountered drugs, listing names by trade, generic, and classification ·        Community Resources includes contact numbers for emotional/physical abuse, battered women, shelters, crises hotlines, and home care concerns

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